linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 33/59] file_[gs]etattr(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe

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Message-ID: <20260108073803.425343-34-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Thu,  8 Jan 2026 07:37:37 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 33/59] file_[gs]etattr(2): switch to CLASS(filename_maybe_null)

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/file_attr.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index f44ce46e1411..42721427245a 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 		unsigned int, at_flags)
 {
 	struct path filepath __free(path_put) = {};
-	struct filename *name __free(putname) = NULL;
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 	struct file_attr fattr;
 	struct file_kattr fa;
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 	if (usize < FILE_ATTR_SIZE_VER0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	name = getname_maybe_null(filename, at_flags);
+	CLASS(filename_maybe_null, name)(filename, at_flags);
 	if (!name && dfd >= 0) {
 		CLASS(fd, f)(dfd);
 		if (fd_empty(f))
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 		unsigned int, at_flags)
 {
 	struct path filepath __free(path_put) = {};
-	struct filename *name __free(putname) = NULL;
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 	struct file_attr fattr;
 	struct file_kattr fa;
@@ -458,7 +456,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	name = getname_maybe_null(filename, at_flags);
+	CLASS(filename_maybe_null, name)(filename, at_flags);
 	if (!name && dfd >= 0) {
 		CLASS(fd, f)(dfd);
 		if (fd_empty(f))
-- 
2.47.3